Typical Trips?

[Jump Pilot]

Skydiver driver schedule from the weekend:


Saturday

Report at 8:30 a.m. for 9:00 wheels up.

Actual lift off at 11:45 a.m. due to cancellation.

Flew 8 loads finishing at 4:45 p.m. No more business - beer light.

Sunday

Report at 10:30 a.m. for 11:00 a.m. wheels up.

Wheels up at 10:50 a.m.

Flew 8 loads finishing at 7:45 p.m.


16 total loads for a flight time of 8.8 hours.

 

[skybuda]

For those of us that like the standups or highspeeds here is what my four week bid has instore this month.

Week one
Off till sat night then CLT-TYS 10:00 show back in town by 7:50am

Week two,three,four

Sunday,Monday,Tuesday nights
CLT-CAE

8:30 show back in town eveymorning at 7:50am

if you can stand the working the back side of the clock standup are really not that bad if you can find the right ones. Eveyone this month has just shy of 8 hours or ground time.

With the late shows and early retruns it makes the 15 days off feel more like 21 which for someone in the regionals is not really that bad since a bid is 28 days. Granted you still have to live off of the min bid garantee. 16:15 of flight time just isnt going to pay much otherwise.

SB

 

[rchcfi]

And for those freight guys out there, how's this one.

Mon (show at 0530)
MKC-SLN-HYS-DDC 14 hour layover
DDC-HUT 2 hour layover
HUT-SLN-MKC arrive home at 2330 SAME evening

TUE-FRI (show at 0530)
MKC-SLN-HYS-DDC 12 hour layover
DDC-HYS-SLN-MKC arrive home at 2200 SAME evening

I also did this one:

MON-FRI (show at 1830)
SGF-TUL-PWA-FSM-LIT-STL-SGF arrive home at 0400 logging approx. 6-7 hours per night making it a long week...About 120 hours per month.

Ah yes, those were good times!